1. New Hope United Methodist Church
Welcome to
New Hope United Methodist Church
July 31, 2016

2. Announcements Sunday: Fellowship Time, 11:10 am, Hospitality Room
Youth Group, 5:30 pm, Upstairs
Saturday: Mark Bible Study, 4 pm, Call Lauren/Powell
Saturday, August 13: Ice Cream Social, 7pm, Church Grounds
Saturday, September 24: New Hope’s Fall Festival, am-3pm

3. Some of the redeemed had wandered into the desert, into the wasteland.
Meditation
Psalm 107:4-6 paraphrased
Some of the redeemed had wandered into the desert, into the wasteland.
They couldn’t find their way… They were hungry and thirsty; their lives were slipping away. .

4. Meditation
Psalm 107:4-6 paraphrased
They cried out to the LORD in their distress and God delivered them from their desperate circumstances.

5. Musical Prelude
Bringing in the
Light of Christ

6. *Call to Worship
Based Upon Hosea 11
One: Praise the LORD!
Congregation: The LORD leads us with bands of human kindness, cords of love.

7. One: Praise the LORD!
Congregation: The LORD’s compassion grows warm and tender even when we are bent on turning away from the LORD.

8. One: Praise the LORD!
Congregation: The LORD does not act on the heat of anger, for the LORD is not a human being but the holy one in our midst. Let us worship the LORD, our King!

9. O Worship the King *Opening Hymn Hymnal #73 Used By Permission.
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10. O worship the King, all glorious above, O gratefully sing God's power and God's love; our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days, pavilioned in splendor, and girded with praise.

11. O tell of God's might, O sing of God's grace, whose robe is the light, whose canopy space, whose chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form, and dark is God's path on the wings of the storm.

12. The earth with its store of wonders untold, Almighty, thy power hath founded of old; hath stablished it fast by a changeless decree, and round it hath cast, like a mantle, the sea.

13. Thy bountiful care, what tongue can recite
Thy bountiful care, what tongue can recite? It breathes in the air, it shines in the light; it streams from the hills, it descends to the plain, and sweetly distills in the dew and the rain.

14. Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail, in thee do we trust, nor find thee to fail; thy mercies how tender, how firm to the end, our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend.

15. Prayer of Amazulu People
*Opening Prayer
Prayer of Amazulu People
Oh thou great Chief, light a candle in my heart, that I may see what is therein, and sweep the rubbish from thy dwelling place.
Amen.

16. Children’s Time

17. David Jett – Fiddle Steven Jett – Guitar
Special Music
David Jett – Fiddle
Steven Jett – Guitar

18. Offering Our Gifts to God

19. Alleluia Praise Response Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise God, all creatures here below;
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise God, the source of all our gifts! Praise Jesus Christ, whose power uplifts! Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

20. Give Thanks *Hymn TFWS #2036 Used By Permission.
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21. Give thanks with a grateful heart, give thanks to the Holy One;
give thanks because he’s given Jesus Christ, his Son.

22. “I am strong!” Let the poor say,
And now let the weak say,
“I am strong!” Let the poor say,
“I am rich because of what the Lord has done for us!”

23. Give thanks with a grateful heart, give thanks to the Holy One;
give thanks because he’s given Jesus Christ, his Son.

24. “I am strong!” Let the poor say,
And now let the weak say,
“I am strong!” Let the poor say,
“I am rich because of what the Lord has done for us!”
Give thanks. Give thanks.

25. Joys and Concerns
Prayers of the People
Silent Prayer

26. Hymnal #895
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27. Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come,
thy will be done
on earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass
against us.

28. but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom,
And lead us not
into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory,
forever.
Amen.

29. as it was in the beginning,
Gloria Patria
Glory be to the Father
and to the Son
and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen. Amen.
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30. Scripture Reading
Luke 12: 13-21
13 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.” 14 But he said to him, “Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you?” 15 And he said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.”

31. 16 Then he told them a parable: “The land of a rich man produced abundantly. 17 And he thought to himself, ‘What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?’ 18 Then he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.’

32. 20 But God said to him, ‘You fool
20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ 21 So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God.”

33. Scripture Reading
Colossians 3: 1-11
So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, 3 for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is your life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory.

34. 5 Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry). 6 On account of these the wrath of God is coming on those who are disobedient. 7 These are the ways you also once followed, when you were living that life. 8 But now you must get rid of all such things—anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive language from your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, seeing that

35. you have stripped off the old self with its practices 10 and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator. 11 In that renewal there is no longer Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all!

36. Focus on the Things Above
Sermon
Focus on the Things Above

37. The altar is open for prayer.
Prayerful Response
The altar is open for prayer.

38. Apostles’ Creed (Hymnal #881)
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth;
And in Jesus Christ his only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; the third day he rose from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

39. Apostles’ Creed (Hymnal #881)
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

40. Take My Life and Let it Be
*Hymn
Take My Life and Let it Be
Hymnal #399
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41. Take my life, and let it be consecrated, Lord, to thee
Take my life, and let it be consecrated, Lord, to thee. Take my moments and my days; let them flow in ceaseless praise.

42. Take my hands, and let them move at the impulse of thy love
Take my hands, and let them move at the impulse of thy love. Take my feet, and let them be swift and beautiful for thee.

43. Take my voice, and let me sing always, only, for my King
Take my voice, and let me sing always, only, for my King. Take my lips, and let them be filled with messages from thee.

44. Take my silver and my gold; not a mite would I withhold
Take my silver and my gold; not a mite would I withhold. Take my intellect, and use every power as thou shalt choose.

45. Take my will, and make it thine; it shall be no longer mine
Take my will, and make it thine; it shall be no longer mine. Take my heart, it is thine own; it shall be thy royal throne.

46. Take my love, my Lord, I pour at thy feet its treasure-store
Take my love, my Lord, I pour at thy feet its treasure-store. Take myself, and I will be ever, only, all for thee.

47. Please join us for refreshments in the hospitality room.
Benediction
Please join us for refreshments in the hospitality room.